That's my solution too.  I like the portability
of the MP3 player and the sound quality through
the FM transmitter is good enough for me.   And
I get to keep my tape player which I use quite
a bit on long trips.  I listen to book tapes which
I borrow from the library.  So I don't have to fiddle
around too much when I'm driving to change a tape.

Now if I can just have a quick way of getting tapes
transferred to an SD card....

:)

Steven

--- Jerry <jbvelo@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote:

> Tom,
> No need for the CD changer.  They're a thing
> of the past.  Here's how I use my 40GB iPod
> click wheel:
>
> I also have XM satellite radio.
> I have two methods for playing music from the
> iPod through the original Heidelberg stereo system:
> 1. Wireless FM transmitter from Griffin iTrip. Just
> tune your radio to an FM station with static
> only(87.9).
> Power up your iPod with FM transmitter and that's
> it.
>
> 2. I can unplug the cassette adapter "plug in" from
> the
> audio out port on the XM receiver. I then insert the
> male plug from the cassette adapter into the
> headphone
> jack on my iPod. Works great! This works only if you
> have
> an older cassette player in your Vanagon.
>
> I never ever use music CD's any more. I also have
> an MP3/CD player in my Honda Civic but I never use
> CD's, I always use either the XM satellite or my
> iPod.
> AMAZING!!!
>
> CHEERS
>
> JERRY
> KY 88 GL Bus-ter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom Salicos
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 4:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: iPods in Vanagons
>
> Santa brought me a 4 GB iPod Nano for Christmas.
> Christmas day I had a
> little time and copied 20 of my favorite CDs onto
> it.  Later I copied
> another 10.  It's a little over half full.  Goodness
> me.
>
> Feeling kind of bad that the van didn't get anything
> for Christmas, I'm
> starting to look at CD decks that can control iPods.
>  Has anybody gotten
> into these yet?  Comments?  It sounds like it could
> be the end of 6-disk
> changers.
>
> Tom Salicos
>
> '87 Syncro Westy EG-33
>

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